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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. monstergfx/menubuilder ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) monstergfx/menubuilder ====================== A Menu Builder and renderer for Laravel4, Sentry2, and Twitter Bootstrap v0.1.1beta(12y ago)3451[1 issues](https://github.com/MonsterGfx/L4-Smarty-Menubuilder/issues)BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since Jul 16Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/MonsterGfx/L4-Smarty-Menubuilder)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/monstergfx/menubuilder)[ Docs](http://github.com/MonsterGfx/L4-Smarty-Menubuilder)[ RSS](/packages/monstergfx-menubuilder/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (4)Used By (0) L4-Smarty-Menubuilder ===================== [](#l4-smarty-menubuilder) A Menubuilder for Laravel 4, Twitter Bootstrap, Cartalyst/Sentry 2, and Dark/SmartyView. Introduction ------------ [](#introduction) In developing a number of projects using Laravel4, Sentry2, and Smarty, I needed a way to manage menus in the GUI. In the past, I've built menu tables in the database and menu editors, but in general I don't need that level of flexibility (or overhead). So this time around, I was looking for a way to define my menus in code and generate menus automatically. What I came up with was this Menubuilder, which I am now rebuilding into a package which I will use in multiple projects. **Note that this project is tailored *very* closely to my requirements and may not be suitable outside of my context.** Pull requests are welcome. Please note that I am using git flow for my workflow. Don't know what that is? Check out . Or have a look at one of these screen casts: - [How to use a scalable Git branching model called git-flow](http://buildamodule.com/video/change-management-and-version-control-deploying-releases-features-and-fixes-with-git-how-to-use-a-scalable-git-branching-model-called-gitflow) (by Build a Module) - [A short introduction to git-flow](http://vimeo.com/16018419) (by Mark Derricutt) - [On the path with git-flow](http://codesherpas.com/screencasts/on_the_path_gitflow.mov) (by Dave Bock) (The links above were found at ). Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Defining your menus in code [](#defining-your-menus-in-code) Somewhere in your code (it doesn't matter where), define a `menu` by inserting a comment like this: ``` // @menu ||>sort order> ``` or, in a docblock: ``` /** * @menu ||>sort order> */ ``` For example, ``` // @menu Administration|icon-star|5 ``` The line above defines a menu with the title "Administration", a Twitter Bootstrap start icon, and a sort order of 5 (ie. it comes after 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4). Menu items are inserted into your code in a similar way: ``` // @menuitem ||||| ``` or ``` /** * @menuitem ||||| */ ``` For example, ``` // @menuitem Administration|List Users|icon-user|list-users|user.list|3 ``` This defines a menu item under the "Administration" menu with the text "List Users", a Twitter Bootstrap "user" icon, routes to "list-users", requires the "user.list" permission, and has a sort order of 3. Taken together, the two examples above give a menu that looks something like this: ``` +------------------+ | * Administration | +------------------+ | x List Users | +------------------+ ``` (where the 'x' is the user icon). ### Generating the menus [](#generating-the-menus) The menus are generated via an artisan command: ``` php artisan menu:make ``` This command will scan your source files and extract all the `@menu` and `@menuitem` lines, parse them, and write a configuration file: `app/config/menus.php`. This configuration will then be used at run time to generate menus. ### Using the menubuilder [](#using-the-menubuilder) The menubuild provides a method to generate the appropriate menus: `Menubuilder::build()`. I use it in a default view composer to ensure that the menus are built automatically for each page: ``` View::composer('*',function($view){ // add the menus (if any) $view->with('menus', Menu::build()); // add other stuff here... }); ``` The `build()` method returns an array that looks something like this: ``` Array ( [Administration] => Array ( [icon] => icon-star [sort] => 5 [items] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [text] => List Users [icon] => icon-user [route] => list-users [permission] => user.list [sort] => 1 ) [1] => Array ( [text] => Add New User [icon] => icon-user [route] => create-user [permission] => user.edit [sort] => 1 ) ) ) ) ``` This menu can be passed to a view to be rendered as you see fit. ### Health Score 22 — LowBetter than 21% of packages Maintenance13 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity12 Limited adoption so far Community8 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity46 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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